The Dairy Improvement Association 51 



IBairp 3mprobcment ^Jisioctation 3Rcport 



(Monthly report of Dairy Improvement Association Agent to Farm Bureau 

 Manager and President of Dairy Improvement Association.) 



Month Date , 191 . . 



Name of Association 



No. of dairies No. of cows 



Monthly increase : Herds Cows 



Monthly decrease: Herds Cows 



No. cows completing yearly record : 



No. herds in Register-of-Merit : 



No. cows in Register-of-Merit : 



Monthly increase : Herds Cows 



Monthly decrease : Herds Cows 



No. cows completing yearly Register-of-Merit record: 



Largest individual monthly record of milk produced: 



Largest individual monthly record of butter fat : 



On reverse side of this sheet give list of cows producing forty pounds of 

 butter fat or 1200 pounds of milk, or more. 



General remarks: (Give here notes of interest concerning the association, 

 including any facts covering desirable change of rations, giving the rations 

 formerly used and those recommended; give also any specific benefits derived 

 from the association. Use extra sheet if necessary.) 



REGISTER-OF-MERIT 



All dairymen who are members of a dairy improvement asso- 

 ciation may enter any of their cows in the register-of-merit test 

 conducted by the Bureau of Farmers' Institutes of the ^ew 

 York State Department of Agriculture in cooperation with county 

 farm bureaus and dairy improvement associations. 



The object of the register-of-merit test is to secure authentic 

 records of yields of grade or pure-bred cows. For all cows whose 

 records meet the requirements as herein set forth, a certificate of 

 merit wnll be issued to the owner. These records may also be 

 published at the option of the director of farmers' institutes. 

 The results of all register-of-merit tests will constitute a perma- 

 nent record and will be kept on file in the Bure^iu of Farmers' 

 Institutes, New York State Department of Agriculture^ Albany, 

 N. Y. 



